Eliteserien duel: Close contest expected between Odd and Viking

Both squads have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's aim for an animated fixture!

Odd form and stats

Odd have only played one Eliteserien game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 15 matches.

In their previous game, the manager Johansen led his Odd to a defeat away at Rosenborg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Skagerak Arena. Midfielder Jørgensen was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Jørgensen hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 60 successful passes (of 66 total).

Before that, Odd had a home game versus Tromsø which ended with a victory 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Odd perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Odd as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Odd has won four of these, drawn five and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Odd at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Viking form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Eliteserien, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches.

Viking have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Patrik Sigurdur Gunnarsson. It's been 357 minutes since they last conceded in Eliteserien.

Tripić scored in Viking's previous match, the home game against Aalesund that ended 1-0. Tripić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.65. Tripić scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).

Prior to that result Viking won their away game at Sarpsborg 08. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Viking in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Viking, two draws and zero defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Viking manager Jensen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bodø / Glimt.

1 goal so far away for Viking, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Odd, two draws and four wins for Viking. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Z. Tripić 2 goals

E. Ruud 1 goals

M. Jevtović 1 goals

Odd missing players

Viking missing players